In the manor, the afternoon sun shines through the windows on the carpet, the fine fluff of the carpet is clearly visible, the leather shoes are trampled on the edge of the carpet, and Merkel, in her shirt, leans forward, crosses the table, and takes the globe off the shelf.

The globe had not been used for a long time, and a layer of floating ash had fallen on the surface, Merkel took out a rag and gently wiped the surface of the globe, at this time, he heard footsteps behind him, and when he turned around, he found that it was Schiller walking in.

"Good afternoon, sir...... Oh, what's that? Merkel greeted him normally, and then, with a little confusion, he looked at the thing Schiller was carrying.

"Yesterday Victor and I went to the antique shops in the West End and found something fun." Schiller shook the object in his hand and made a crackling sound.

It was a wooden frame, with lots of small wooden beads, and when Schiller picked it up and shook it, Merkel saw the whole thing in its entirety, and he said, "This is ...... Abacus? How did you get interested in this? ”

"The abacus, an ancient calculation tool, I love it more than calculators, it also makes a sound, and the sound of the abacus beads colliding is much more pleasant than the electronic synthesis sound of the calculator."

Schiller said as he sat down behind the desk with his abacus, his eyes narrowed and he looked at the wall clock on the wall, and Merkel took a step to the side, slightly out of the way, making sure not to block Schiller's view.

But Schiller just glanced at his watch casually, and then began to look down and fiddle with the wooden abacus.

It can be seen that this abacus should be an antique, but fortunately, the pulped wood will make the feel smoother, and Schiller supports his head with one hand and keeps moving the abacus beads with the other.

Merkel looked at it for a while and found that Schiller was not flipping the abacus beads at will, he seemed to be really using the abacus to calculate these things, not only did he keep moving his hands, but he also had words in his mouth.

Merkel found that his employer was really getting more and more eccentric, and the change of routine and living habits was even better, and before, he still loved this globe like a treasure, but one day, the globe was thrown aside, but the cane, which had not been very popular before, was frequently used, and the top was a little worn off.

Today, I don't know where I got an abacus, and it seems that I really learned abacus, and intend to use this rather ancient way of calculating something to calculate something.

"Sir, if what you want to calculate is more important, I can help you get the calculator, I don't question your abacus ability, it's just that the numbers and accounts are all wrong, once something goes wrong, recovering this part of the content may consume you quite a long time......"

"It's okay, it's not important." Schiller crackled the abacus beads and said, "I'm just practicing the abacus first in order to cope with the next possible peak of accounting......"

"Settle the score?" Merkel was a little puzzled again, but at this time, Schiller looked up at his watch again, and just as he was making this move, Merkel heard the doorbell ringing downstairs.

Merkel tilted her ears in some surprise, then walked quickly to the door, glanced downstairs, and said: "I remember, there should be no appointment today?" ”

"Indeed, because the people who come don't know how to make an appointment at all."

Merkel went back and put down the globe in his hand, and when he came downstairs, he found a figure lazily leaning against the door, and without even approaching, he knew that there would be no one else but Konstantin.

"Early, Merkel, is Schiller there?" Konstantin did not regard himself as an outsider at all, and walked in with his legs, but the butler Merkel could only follow him.

"Mr. Constantine, you have to call to make an appointment first, so that I can know if Mr. Schiller has time today, if you don't make an appointment, you just happen to run into Mr. Schiller, isn't it a trip in vain?"

"Come on!" Konstantin waved his hand and said, "What can he do?" Eat, sleep, wipe his broken umbrella, work only 4 hours a day, and spend the remaining 20 hours in his study to study the conspiracy ......"

"You'd better not say that." Merkel chased after Konstantin, but Konstantin really took a step, walked quickly, walked through the courtyard, stepped up the stairs, and took a few steps to Schiller's study.

Schiller was still sitting behind his desk fiddling with his abacus, and when Konstantin walked in, he didn't even lift his eyelids, but just gestured to the chair opposite.

Konstantin lifted the hem of his trench coat and sat down across from the chair, Schiller gave Merkel a look, Merkel first closed the curtains, then walked to the door and closed it, and then stood in front of the table.

Konstantin looked up at him, and then said: "Next, we are going to have some private talks......"

Merkel made a "please" gesture and then stood still, Konstantin stared at him, slurped, and said: "My conversation with your boss may involve some confidentiality, you don't think you should ......"

"Sir, you are British, and you should know that the butler does not exist in this manor, at all times."

Konstantin sighed a little helplessly, and then looked at Schiller, but Schiller didn't care at all, still looking down and fiddling with the abacus, Konstantin only saw Merkel's standard English smirk when he looked at Merkel.

"Okay, let's talk about my pay." Konstantin said as he tapped his fingers on the table.

Schiller finally stopped fiddling with the abacus, he bowed his head, opened the drawer of his desk, and then took out a document from it, handed it to Konstantin and said: "This is the account breakdown, you look at it, is there any problem?" ”

Konstantin took the document, and when he saw the first page, he was stunned, he pointed to the line on it and said: "Reimbursement unit...... Green Lantern Corps? What does that mean? ”

"Literally." Schiller replied without raising his head.

"You mean, it's actually the Green Lantern Corps who pay my salary?"

"No, I'm the one who pays your salary, but I still have to go to the Green Lantern Corps for reimbursement, don't forget, I'm one of the Green Lanterns, and any strategic actions I take should be paid for by the Green Lantern Legion headquarters."

Konstantin opened his mouth wide, and he said: "You mean to say that you asked me to drag down the first batch of Green Lanterns, drive them to the central turntable when the second batch of Green Lanterns arrived, and attack that adjutant Carol, these things are all your strategic plans, and then you plan to let the Green Lantern Corps headquarters reimburse you for the costs incurred by this plan?" ”

"That's right, I was already a member of the Green Lantern Corps before I implemented this plan, a legitimate Green Lantern, and the code in the ring says that the Green Lantern Corps will pay for all the security activities of the Green Lantern in the sector they are responsible for, is there any problem?"

"You ......" Konstantin rarely didn't know what to say, he thought for a long time, even the muscles on his face were trying to assist his thinking, and in the end, he spit out a question:

"Don't you think you're a little lacking?"

"Keep looking." Schiller was still thinking about himself.

Konstantin retracted his thoughts, then looked down again at the bill, and as he looked at it, he muttered to himself, "Attendance fee...... Tolls...... Hourly ...... Is it all based on the energy of the Green Light Ring? Looks like nothing is a problem, the energy of the 20 green light rings for attendance? Acceptable ......"

"Wait!" Konstantin suddenly exclaimed.

"380,000 pieces of magic equipment were lost??? One, ten, hundred, thousand, thousand...... 380,000?!

”

Konstantin stretched out his hand and began to count his fingers, then he looked up at Schiller and said, "You wrote it casually, right?" ”

Schiller also looked up at him, looking straight into his eyes, Konstantin suddenly hesitated again and asked, "...... Right? ”

Schiller looked at him without speaking, Konstantin closed his eyes, then rubbed his eyebrows, put the bill down, then looked at Schiller and said, "I thought you would have a basic understanding of magic. ”

"The whole planet...... Oh no, according to them, there are probably no more than 38 things that can be called magical instruments in this sector where the entire earth is located. ”

"I've said a long time ago that magic has a price, and it comes at a huge cost, you can never hire a devil to help you craft an artifact for free, even the most ordinary kind of enchanted weapon, it may require selling your soul......"

"Even those magicians who have their own mage towers in the rift space can have a real magic tool, which is already very remarkable, and a wandering mage like me doesn't have one at all."

Schiller still stared at him and did not speak, and after a long time, Konstantin was finally defeated, and he said: "Well, there are one or two things, but they are hidden by me." ”

Schiller continued to stare at him, and Konstantin sighed helplessly and said, "5 pieces, really only 5 pieces, including pots and pans for making magic paints......"

Schiller raised his eyebrows, Konstantin looked at him as well, and finally, Konstantin raised his hands and said, "Okay! All right! I probably have more than 600 ...... in my hideout."

"But, you have to understand, my situation is quite special, I am good at making friends, whether in heaven or hell, I have a lot of good friends, they are willing to help when they hear that I have moved to a new house, and some of them are also doing business with me, just like you, so I can get some remuneration......"

"However, the vast majority of magicians in this world don't even have a weapon at hand, no matter what, the figure of 380,000 pieces is too exaggerated!"

"Who are you?" Schiller asked the question suddenly.

"Who am I? I am Konstantin, who else could I be? ”

"No, I mean your name."

"Well, I'm called Hell Detective, but I've told you before, I'm not a detective, Hell Detective's focus is hell."

"How's your reputation?"

Konstantin had a "you're knowingly asking" expression, and Schiller said, "That's right, it's rotten." ”

"A new Green Lantern named Schiller Rodriguez is facing the hellish difficulty of Gotham City at the beginning, but he has justice in his heart and has a series of plans to save it."

"At the beginning of this project, he drained about half of the energy of the main lamp furnace, but he found that this energy was still not enough to turn the tide, so he had to write empty checks and hire many capable celebrities, including you, Konstantin."

"And because of your bad reputation, it's normal for you to open your mouth, right?"

"But how could they possibly agree to such blatant extortion?"

"But if they don't agree, don't you have a reason to rob it? You're a rotten person anyway. ”

"I ......" Konstantin choked up, he said: "I admit that I am a rotten person, but I am not that bad, many times, I am still very contractual, you are ruining my reputation in the industry, you ......"

"I'll give you an extra one percent after the deed is done."

"Twenty percent!"

"Deal."